Sony netfront locationfree player ?

insanenyc · Nov 9, 2011

(U P D A T E !!!)Ok the issue of no locationfree player for android is almost solved by xda member Mgschwan please see this thread for future updates and progress.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477821

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geekempire · Nov 9, 2011

Can you post a link to the source for the wm6 build. I have a location free device, but the lack of a mobile client forced my move to a hava device.

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lufc · Nov 9, 2011

Questions or Problems Should Not Be Posted in the Development Forum
Please Post in the Correct Forums

Moving to Q&A

insanenyc · Nov 9, 2011

They actually make a app for wm6 if you need that I bought mine for 25 bucks I will find the source code and post the link the wm6 software worked great. Sorry mod for posting in the wrong area

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insanenyc · Nov 10, 2011

Source code can be found here I couldn't find a wm source code

http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/
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insanenyc · Nov 17, 2011

Bump anyone interested in making this app

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mgschwan · Dec 13, 2011

The player is not even close to opensource

insanenyc said:
Source code can be found here I couldn't find a wm source code

Hi i have been working on reverse engineering the LocationFree Protocol for quite some time now and i can assure you that the software is not opensource.

They opensourced an excerpt of the LiveDotCom Libraries that they use for their stream transport and even those files are incomplete. That is just to be compliant with the GPL.

The whole proprietary part remains closed source.

However i have been making some progess and have already got a proof-of-concept python implementation that can connect to a LF-B1EU Box and receive a few seconds of the stream.

This stream is encrypted. Thanks to this guy "http_//code_google_com/p/lftv" (sorry i am not allowed to post links in this forum) i even got a hint on how to decrypt it.

Currently i can decrypt the video frames but the whole thing is just a bunch of scripts and loosely coupled code that is far from anything one could call an application.

However i am still working on it and having quite some progress. So i would be interested in who would still like such an app and what boxes do you use?

greeting
michael

insanenyc · Dec 19, 2011

I have the 1st one that came out model # LF-B1
That's great that you are working on this project!! I will test anything whenever if needed
Locationfree ran great on Windows mobile 6 with a 3g connection

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mgschwan · Dec 26, 2011

LF-B1 thats good to hear since i have a LF-B1EU which means the commandos to the streaming server should be the same.

What already works is to connect to the LocationFree Box, decrypt and save the frames to disk. Those frames are then decoded with a standalone executable to create the video frames.

i know this is still a very very proof of concept but it is very promising.

I'll keep you posted when a testable program is ready

greetings
michael

insanenyc · Dec 27, 2011

That's great progress. I no nothing about makin apps but I am very good messing with my devices I guess I follow directions well so when I say this it might sound stupid but I had a idea maybe it will work
The PSP runs at max 333 MHz all of the android devices are atleast 800mhz I have a inspire running at 1.6 GHz so I think I would be fine. Now is there a way to take the locationfree player prx files that are found in the PSP and edit them to work on the android. I don't know if u have a PSP but I am able to extract those prx files out of the PSP and they also available online
What I am saying is to make some sort of half ass PSP emulator just to run locationfree player. The PSP has a emulator for the PSP called booster wich puts the PSP firmware on the PSP memory card to run old PSP firmware. Locationfree works with this emulator I don't know if any if this will work or help you with your code but I can get you any of these files if needed

I am so glad you are working on this . When I heard Sony was making the xperia I was so happy cause I thought they would implement the lfp but they dropped the ball with lack of support

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mgschwan · Dec 29, 2011

Well i guess the prx does not help me much and emulating the PSP on the Device would be a completely different level of complexity.

My biggest problem currently is to decode the MPEG4 Frames on the android device since i don't yet know how to feed the raw mpeg4 frames to the media framework.

If that is not possible i am either going to use the NDK to link with the libavcodec library or i am going to make a repeater on the device that decrypts and resends the rtp stream locally so that it can be played with the media framework as if it were a normal network stream.

TheMaster666 · Jan 9, 2012

Just found this..

Great news.. I'll donate for an app that works..

Although it sounds like you are making this for yourself as well.

Let me know if there is anything I can do..

insanenyc · Jan 11, 2012

Great thread is coming up 1st post on google when you search for lfp for android hopefully more people start seeing it cause I know a lot of people have lfp

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tonybli · Jan 12, 2012

sweeeeeet

This would be great if it happened. I would love to dust off the old locationfree box.

insanenyc · Jan 12, 2012

I still use mine but with my laptop do to lack of support by $ony it freezes every 30 minutes due to a new windows 7 recent update

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mgschwan · Jan 13, 2012

insanenyc said:
I still use mine but with my laptop do to lack of support by $ony it freezes every 30 minutes due to a new windows 7 recent update

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Well it will work on Linux (and maybe MacOS) too since i am trying to keep it as general as possible. Currently it is written in pure python which i am porting to android with the python-for-android package, but it is still incredibly slow (and without audio). If it really is not possible with a python only version then i have to jump over my shadow and do a java version.

I'll keep you posted.

greeting
michael

P.S.: i've been on holiday the last two weeks, that's the reason why i did not send any updates

insanenyc · Jan 14, 2012

Well I just received a thrive for Xmas so now I can test it on that in addition to my rooted inspire. Enjoy your vacation !!

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mgschwan · Jan 19, 2012

Well, here is some progress in my development of the LocationFree Player

youtu.be/ms2dIw3zadI

Greetings
Michael

Jim_IT · Jan 20, 2012

Michael,

Nice Progress. What ip port are you using? configurable?

Jim

tonybli · Jan 20, 2012

Great work so far! Thanks for your effort.

I was thinking this link would be helpful but after re-reading your earlier post I think this is the same project you already referenced. http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4205

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